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Single-cell approaches reveal novel cellular pathways for megakaryocyte and erythroid differentiation.

Bethan Psaila, Adam J Mead

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Review in Blood, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 49 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

49 citing papers in PubMed.

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  9. Direct megakaryopoiesis.Current opinion in hematology · 2025
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  11. The Sympathetic Nervous Influence on Hematopoiesis Up To Date.Journal of neuroimmune pharmacology : the official journal of the Society on NeuroImmune Pharmacology · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Bethan PsailaHaematopoietic Stem Cell Biology Laboratory, Medical Research Council Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.
Adam J MeadHaematopoietic Stem Cell Biology Laboratory, Medical Research Council Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.

Funding

Cancer Research UK 26988Cancer Research UK 27125Cancer Research UK 27723Cancer Research UK 28051Cancer Research UK 29034Medical Research Council G84/6443Medical Research Council MC_UU_00016/15Medical Research Council MC_UU_12009/16Medical Research Council MR/L006340/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The classical model of hematopoiesis proposes a hierarchy in which a small number of multipotent hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) maintain all blood lineages by giving rise to progeny that pass through discrete progenitor stages. At each stage, lineage differentiation potential is restricted, coupled with the loss of ability to self-renew. Recently, single-cell approaches have been used to test certain assumptions made by this model, in particular relating to megakaryocyte (Mk) and erythroid (E) development. An alternative model has emerged in which substantial heterogeneity and lineage-priming exists within the HSC compartment, including the existence of multipotent but megakaryocyte/platelet-biased HSCs. Hematopoietic differentiation follows a hierarchical continuum, passing through cellular nodes and branch points. Megakaryocytes are produced via a shared pathway with the erythroid lineage, also shared in its early stages with mast cells, eosinophils, and basophils, but separate from other myeloid and lymphoid lineages. In addition, distinct pathways for direct differentiation of Mk from HSCs may coexist and could be important in situations of increased physiological requirements or in malignancies. Further work at single-cell resolution using multiomic approaches and examining Mk-E biased subsets within their physiological context will undoubtedly improve our understanding of normal hematopoiesis and ability to manipulate this in pathology.

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HematopoiesisAnimalsErythroid CellsHematopoietic Stem CellsHumansMegakaryocyte-Erythroid Progenitor CellsMegakaryocytesSingle-Cell Analysis

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PMID30728145
PMCPMC6443046

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